Chapter 7 - The Axial Skeleton Flashcards
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Axial Skeleton
80 bones on longitudinal axis
Appendicular Skeleton
126 bones of upper and lower limbs and girdles.
Long bone
Shaft and variable number of extremities or epiphyses, slightly curbed for strength. Mostly compact bonne tissue, but some spongy in ends. Femur, tibia, fibula, humerus, ulna, radius, phalanges.
Short bone
Somewhat cube shaped, spongy except compact surface. Wrist, ankle.
Flat bone
Thin, plate of compact over plate of spongy, cranial bones, sternum, ribs, scapulae.
Irregular bone
Vary, vertebrae, hips, some face, calcaneus.
Sesamoid bone
tendons with friction (palms and soles), pattellae, quadriceps femoris tendon. Protect tendons.
Sutural bone
Small bones located in sutures between some cranial bones.
Frontal bone
Forehead
Supraorbital margin, foramina, notch, frontal sinuses
Superior border of the orbits, the frontal bone thickens.
Foramina = hole (brow pressure point)
incomplete hole = notch
Parietal bones
Sides and roof of cranial cavity.
Temporal bones
Inferior lateral aspect of the cranium and part of the cranial floor.
Temporal squama = temple
Zygomatic, mastoid, styloid processes
Z=cheek, M=attachment point for neck muscle
S=attachment for ligaments of tongue and neck
Madibular fosa
Socket on the inferior posterior surface of the zygomatic process of each temporal bone
Zygomatic arch
zygomatic process of the temporal bone and the temporal process of the zygomatic bone.
External auditory meatus
Ear canal, detects sound waves
Internal auditory meatus
opening through facial 7 nerve and vestibulocochlear 8 nerve
Occipital bone
Posterior part and most of the base of cranium
Foramen magnum
Inferior large hole, medulla oblongata connects with spinal cord through this hole
Occipital condyles
articulate with depressions on c1 for”yes” oval processes with convex surface on either side of the foramen magnum.
External occipital protuberance
Prominent midline projection on the posterior surface of the bone (bump above neck)
Sphenoid bone
keystone of cranial floor, butterfly.
Sella turcica
Bony saddle-shaped structure on the superior surface of the body of the sphenoid.
Optic foramen
Through which the optic 2 nerve and ophthalmic artery pass into orbit